Arantxa King

Arantxa King
Arantxa King during the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow
Personal information
Born (1989-11-27) 27 November 1989
Paget Parish, Bermuda
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Bermuda
SportAthletics
Event
Long Jump

Arantxa King (born 27 November 1989) is a Bermudian athlete competing in the long jump.

Biography

King was born in Paget Parish, Bermuda on 27 November 1989.[1] Her mother, Branwen Smith-King, is a former Bermuda national track and field team member while her father Adrian King is a former international cricket player. Her sister Akilah was also an accomplished athlete at Brown University.

King competed at the 2005 IAAF World Youth Championships in Marrakesh, Morocco. With a best jump of 6.39 m, she won the World Youth title in women's Long Jump. She competed at the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships in Beijing, China, in 2006, and the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 2008. She also competed for Bermuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and in 2006, she also competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She has competed at the XXX Olympic Games in London, England, in 2012, at the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, in 2013, and the Commonwealth Games in Scotland, in 2014.

Internationally, King has won a silver medal in long jump at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico,[2] and multiple junior medals in Carifta, Pan American Games, and Central American and Caribbean games.

King competed for Stanford University, where she was a two-time All-American and finished as a runner-up at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[3] She completed a degree in Political Science in 2011 and a master's degree in 2012 at Stanford.

National records

She holds the Bermuda national record for the women's long jump, both outdoors and indoors.

EventPerformancePlace, date
100 Metres11.88 (+0.4 m/s)Mexico, June 2013
Long Jump6.50 m (+2.0 m/s)Austin, United States, 31 March 2012
Triple Jump13.28 m (+1.5 m/s)Des Moines, United States, June 2012

References

  1. ↑ 2014 CWG profile
  2. ↑ "Arantxa King Wins Silver in Puerto Rico". Bernews. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Arantxa King Biography". GoStanford.com. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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